Ben

So I remember back on MT there was a discussion (mentioned by Ben I believe) about formulating an “updated” pirates code based upon the the experience and opinions of the present fan base.

What are your thoughts on creating an alternative Pirate CSG code that only seeks to balance out and address some of the key issues we routinely see?

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Keg Bomb
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Mercenary
Rarity: C
Point Value: 10
Number of Masts: 2
Cargo Space: 2
Base Move: S
Cannons: 3S-3S
Ability: When this ship hits an enemy ship, the target’s controller replaces one mast with a fire mast and eliminates a crew. When this ship is hit, replace one of this ship’s masts with a fire mast. [Both…[Read more]

Very interesting. Fog hopping on such a large ship is indeed powerful and should not be cheap. however, given the rest of the ships stats, I feel you could come down to 40 points. If only because Storms don’t get used often, even by me! Therefore, to my way of thinking, it would be difficult to get that +1 to d6 rolls ability to kick in, and the s…

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Would Luis be able to use his chain shot from that bow cannon, or would he still need to have a target within S?

Still within S, Chain Shot is what allows full range.  I have added the various specialist crew titles and their full ability texts under the keywords tab to minimize confusion.  The truly new ones (Grapeshot Specialist and G…[Read more]

Another must-watch video by the great Joseph Vincent.  Tom Brady is the Lord of the Rings!  Full screen and high volume recommended!

I just changed the home page to be “regular” instead of full width.  This is mostly so the top menu shows up the same on the home page as it does on nearly all other pages.  Added an Affiliate Disclosure to the Privacy Policy page, as I’d prefer to have all the “official legal junk” in one place.  XD  Since there was a bit of extra room on the t…[Read more]

El Perseguidor
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Spanish
Rarity: C
Point Value: 13
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 3
Base Move: S+S+S
Cannons: 2L-4S-4S
Ability: Galley. Hoard.
Link: Luis de la Concepción

Flavor text: Although “The Pursuer” has a similarly gold-based metric for success like many other Spanish vessels, she differs in attributes. One…[Read more]

@Xerecs: Thanks for the feedback and compliments!

Waltz
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: French
Rarity: SE
Point Value: 24
Number of Masts: 6
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: L
Cannons: 4L-4S-3L-3L-4S-4L
Ability: Junk. Parley. L-range cannons cannot hit this ship.

Flavor text: Truly an oddity, this rare French junk is constantly confusing enemies. She…[Read more]